BACnet Releases Access Control
StandardsASHRAE BACnet Standing Standards Project Committee
SSPC-135 formally approved for publication for public review a set of proposals
which add Physical Access Control capability to the existing standards for
Building Automation and Control. ASHRAE BACnet Standing Standards Project
Committee SSPC-135

Broadcaster uses Digital
Signage TechnologyTelevisa received the directive from Mexico’s
Wal-Mart to place display screens throughout each of their 300 department
stores, exposing the multimedia advertising to a monthly audience of 50 million
people. David Wiseman,
Senior Marketing Writer, Minicom Advanced Systems

Intelligent
Buildings – Today!The concept of an Intelligent,
Smart or “Next Generation” building has been around for years. Paul Ehrlich PE, President, Building Intelligence Group

Modernizing the
GridToday’s average
generating plant was built in 1964 using technology from the 1950s. Utilities
have not improved their delivered efficiency in some 50 years. With stagnant
efficiency at 33 percent, we essentially burn three lumps of fuel to generate
one lump of electricity. Put another way, two-thirds of the fuel burned to
generate power is wasted. Richard Munson, Executive
Director, Northeast-Midwest Institute